By Steve Wittich The familiar refrain from drivers after the second practice session was about how much the track changed from the morning session to the afternoon session. From last year’s winner James Hinchcliffe: ”It was an up-and-down day. There was a massive change on the track for us from Practice 1 to Practice 2,...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich After the second practice session for the Toyota Grand Prix Of Long Beach, the two dozen Verizon IndyCar Series has confused looks on their face. Alexander Rossi led the session, but only three of the drivers set their quickest lap during that practice session, including Rossi, Josef Newgarden, and Kyle Kaiser. And,...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich Scott Dixon, with a lap of 68.411 seconds led the first practice session at the Toyota Grand Prix Of Long Beach for the third time in the last four years. He was followed in the top five by Ryan Hunter-Reay, Alexander Rossi, Simon Pagenaud, and James Hinchcliffe. The top 15 drivers were...
READ MOREGood morning from Long Beach, Calif. where the weather is exactly what a travel agent would order- if weather could be ordered. Headed to @ToyotaGPLB tomorrow? Here’s your forecast conditions..overall a pleasant day..not as windy as today was, but should still see some afternoon gusts #TGPLB #IndyCar pic.twitter.com/0Ru1TOLUSv — Indycar Weatherman (@Indycar_Wxman) April 13, 2018...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich For the 44th straight year the streets surrounding the harbor in the city of Long Beach, Calif. will play host to open-wheel cars. The very first Toyota Grand Prix Of Long Beach was held in September 1975 and was an F5000 race won by Brian Redman. The annual “Roar By The Shoar”...
READ MOREShort Night Despite Strong Pace for Fittipaldi in Phoenix Phoenix, AZ (April 7, 2018) – Dale Coyne Racing rookie Pietro Fittipaldi’s night ended much earlier than he had hoped for at the Desert Diamond West Valley Casino Phoenix Grand Prix on Saturday after a tap with the wall took him out of the race on
READ MORERahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Desert Diamond West Valley Casino Phoenix Grand Prix – ISM Raceway Verizon IndyCar Series RACE NOTES/QUOTES – Saturday, April 7, 2018 RAHAL AND SATO FINISHED 9TH AND 11TH IN THE DESERT DIAMOND WEST VALLEY CASINO PHOENIX GRAND PRIX GRAHAM RAHAL, No. 15 One Cure Dallara/Honda/Firestone: “It wasn’t bad.
READ MOREBOURDAIS DOMINATES EARLY PART OF PHOENIX GRAND PRIX BUT PIT STOP MISHAP DROPS HIM OUT OF CONTENTION Sebastien Bourdais Race Summary: Sebastien Bourdais qualified the No. 18 Team SealMaster – Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan Honda/Dallara/Firestone car on the pole and then dominated the first 43 laps (led a total of 60 laps in all)
READ MOREVERIZON INDYCAR SERIES DESERT DIAMOND PHOENIX GRAND PRIX RACE REPORT 04.07.18 With a quick turn around from oval to street course setups, the team heads 370 miles west to the streets of Long Beach, California. Round 3 on the Verizon IndyCar Series schedule will begin Friday, April 13, with two practice sessions followed by Saturday
READ MORECHEVROLET RACING IN THE VERIZON INDYCAR SERIES DESERT DIAMOND WEST VALLEY CASINO PHOENIX GRAND PRIX ISM RACEWAY TEAM CHEVY POST RACE REPORT APRIL 7, 2018 Josef Newgarden Puts Chevrolet in Victory Lane at Phoenix AVONDALE, Ariz. (April 7, 2018) – Josef Newgarden trusted that when his race strategist, Tim Cindric, called him down
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